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Life, Adventure, Family, Writing what else is there? Random thoughts.

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GEMINI RISING

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UPDATED INTRO 30 JUNE 2025:

Just a little about me. I've been married for 33 years this past NOV and currently live in Southern California, but I grew up in New Hampshire.

I've got 2 boys who are young adults.

I work as a 911 dispatcher for LAPD. I enjoy my job a lot. Still. If you can believe that.

I love to write. Thankfully both of my boys achieved Eagle Scout. My Scouting days are over and I'm back to focusing on my writing.

I like to get out in nature, drink coffee and watch football.

Here's a little bio about my zodiac.

GEMINI: Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric, imaginative and restless.

Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them. They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with their own lives and comforts.

Geminians can be successful in many walks of life though their general characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be: debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers.


BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

SEPTEMBER 2025:

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SEPTEMBER 2025:

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SUMMER 2025:

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We're going to explore one unique place in each of the 50 states in alphabetical order.
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Merit Badges Collected from Virtual Blogging &Virtual Blogging Friends:
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SEPTEMBER 2024:

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which was a big challenge for me due to my schedule, but I hunkered down and got it done. There's some great entries for the contest and the blog earned the following:

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OCTOBER 2024:

I participated in the
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Let your spooky poetry shine. Oct. 13th 12:01 am WDC time. - closes 11:59 pm WDC Oct 25th
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which honestly was a big challenge for me considering my schedule, and again I hunkered down and did it! There's some great poetry to be found this October and the blog earned the following:

Merit Badge in Halloween [Click For More Info] Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween.

Big Thanks to Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon for hosting the contest!



Find me at:

WEBSITE:
http://www.stephanieburkhart.com

FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/StephanieBurkhartAuthor

GOOD READS:
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YOU TUBE CHANNEL:
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*Exclaim* WARNING *Exclaim*

I intend to be open, honest, and forthright. No topic is off limits from religion to you name it, I'm going there. If you think you might be offended...back up now - this blog isn't for you. For those who "dare" *Wink* check out the "Gemini Rising..."


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TASK:
We all started somewhere. What's one of the first things you posted to your portfolio? How did you feel about it then? What would you change now or do differently? Is it hidden in your port? Showcase this gem on the newsfeed.

This is one of the earliest items I put in my portfolio. It's diamante poem. I kinda dressed it up and made it pretty today, after digging it out of closet and getting rid of the mothballs. I gave it a picture and centered it, increased the font using WDC ML, so those were my changes. The words didn't change.

 
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This is a diamante poem.
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It was published in May 2005, when I was wee black case here on WDC. Back then, I was learning and experimenting with different styles of poems and poetry and this was my first diamante poem.

I don't think I would change anything as I think the words used do a good job capturing the feelings the poem evokes. It is a bit on the "darker" side. For being one of my oldest items it only has 18 ratings and 4 stars. This item is not hidden in my port.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:38pm
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TASK: Write a flash fiction story about a scavenger hunt gone wrong in 300 words or less.
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The 2 A.M. Follies
Word Count: 299

It was Krush’s last day at work and part of the Retirement celebrations was to find little rubber duckies which had been strategically placed all throughout the dispatch center. Val had set up the duckie hunt. She passed out clue papers to everyone, but somehow her coffee list had gotten mixed up in the clues and Krush got that list.

The first item on Krush’s list said empty coffee pot. That looked easy. She went down to the coffee supply area and emptied out a warm pot of coffee. She spied a yellow duckie on top of the microwave. Amanda came in and picked it up.

Next item said tea bags. Easy. Vee came in fussed that the coffee was gone – and she desperately needed a cup at two a.m. Krush picked up a stir stick, a sugar packet, and vanilla creamer in short order. At 5 a.m. she reported to Val with all the things on the list.
Imagine Krush’s shock when everyone but her turned in rubber duckies and she proudly displayed her stolen coffee supplies.

“You were supposed to find Duckies,” said Val.

Krush produced her coffee list. “I got this.”

Val turned red. “I was wondering where my coffee supply list went.”

Vee frowned. “I complained all night that there was no coffee!”

Lilly glared at the creamer. “I was a zombie without it.”

Navon crossed her arms. “I had to make a new pot there were so many complaints.”

Krush felt bad. Val dug into her backpack of goodies, passed out $5.00 scratchers to everyone. Krush won $500.00 on her scratcher and Vee hauled in $250.00 for her inconvenience. Navon declared from now on she was in charge of all the future office scavenger hunts, and Krush walked out of the building happily retired.
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